Foot-measuring device.



A. P. PHILLIPS.

FOOT MEASURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.5.1907.

Patented 0ct.27,1908.

izZ/w AUSTAVE PAUL PHILLIPS, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

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No. 902,167. I

Specification of Letters Patent."

Patented Oct. 27, 1908 Application filed December 5, 1907. Serial No. 405,224.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUSTAVE PAUL PHIL- LIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Foot-Measuring Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to foot measuring devices, and particularly to one adapted for use by shoe merchants.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which shall be simple and cheap in construction, easy of employment, and which will not only accurately give the necessary length and Width of shoes, either of men, women or children, but

will also enable the userv to ascertain the character of last required, that is to say, whether it should be curved or straight on its outer side.

With the above and other obj ects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel form of foot measuring device hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure .1 isa plan view of the measuring device or chart constituting the subj ect matter of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, on a reduced scale, showing the manner in which. the chart is em loyed.

' he chart or record 1 is constructed from a sheet of paper of any desired size, and may be provided with orifices 2 to facilitate filing away for future reference. It is designed that a number of these charts or records shall be assembled in tablet form, and in use that a copy shall be made of each record by the use of carbon paper, the original being retained by the'merchant and the copy being given to the customer.

Disposed along the two longitudinal ed es of the chart or sheet are two length sc'a es 3 and 4 which extend throughout approximatelyv two thirds of the length of the sheet and are divided into spaces representing inches and fractional parts thereof, 'and numbered in duplex order from 1 to 13.

Arranged between the. two scales 3 and 4',

are width scales for measuring the feet of men and women, those used for the man being indicated by straight solid lines 5, and thosefor' the women by, straight dotted lines 6. The value of theselines are indicatedby letters such as are employed by all standard shoe manufacturers in designating widths, namely: AA, A, B, C, D, E, and F. In order to avoid confusion, those indicesabove enumerated for indicating childrens shoes are located a proximately in alinement with the inner en s of the scales 3 and 4, those for women at'intermediate portions of the said scales, and those for men at the outer ends of the scales.

At one end of the sheet, and extending transversely thereof, there is rovided scales for measuring the lengths an widths of a childs right foot u to size 11, and in widths from A to F. The length scale is designated 7 and the width scale 8., That portion of the sheet upon which the last-named scale is arranged will be provided. with a suitable field to receive the name and address of the customer, and the lot, size and width of the shoe.

The spaces between the length and width scales will be utilized for receiving the advertisement of the merchant employing the chart.

In order to facilitate accurate use of the chart, there is a box 9 employed,which is of a width to receive either a sin le sheet, or a lurality of the sheets in tab et form, this ox being of any desired depth as may be best adapted to the use for whichit is designed.

In ascertaining the length, width, and shape of the feet of, say, a woman, she will first place her right foot in the box, the

chart having been previously arranged.

len th of the shoe is number 3, its width D,.

an that it will require a curved last. .The

same procedure is observed with the left foot, the only difference being that the record will be placed on the opposite portlon of the sheet. The same procedure holds good with reference to taking measurement of mens feet.

, It willbe-seen from the foregoing descrip-..

tion, that, by the use of this chart, accurate measurements, both of the length and width of the feet, may be secured, .as well as a proper determination of the character of last that should be employed.

The invention will be peculiarly advantageous for use in rural districts where perdisposed transversely of one end a foot width and a foot length scale, longitudinally of the two edges foot length scales divided into inches and fractional parts thereof, and intermediate of its width longitudinally-disposed foot width scales indicated by solid and broken straight lines each having associated with it a suitable legend, the solid lines beingused to determine the width of a mans feet and the broken lines the width of a womans feet.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature Y in the presence of two witnesses.

7 AUSTAVE PAUL PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

E. W. BORN,

WAVERLEY 'FAIYRMAN. 

